How to Make Everything Bagel Seasoning

Everything Bagel Seasoning is having a moment, isn’t it? It’s EVERYWHERE lately, and luckily for those who are avoiding bagels and other carby/gluteny things you can have that same flavor on other things!

After I figured out the best (modest, I am) Everything But the Bagel Seasoning Recipe, I was so excited to share this recipe with you! I fell in love with this Trader Joe’s Everything But the Bagel Seasoning recently, and it seems like everyone else on the internet did, too.

I’d love to tell you a dozen things I put this on, but I’m kind of a one or two trick pony. 90% of the time I put it on hard-cooked or scrambled eggs and eat them for breakfast. Or a snack. Sometimes I sprinkle it over a salad or on an avocado. No matter how many uses you have for it, it’s well worth having a big jar in the cupboard.

After seeing all of those who didn’t have a Trader Joe’s nearby lament about not being able to get any EBS, I was determined to help you out. Yeah, Everything Bagel Seasoning has an acronym now. #arrived

Side note: I was able to guest post on the Whole30Recipes Instagram account last week (Eek! Fun!), and I shared this recipe with those lovely Whole30-ers.

The key to making a good batch of is getting all of the components roughly the same size. Don’t make substitutions — like using granulated garlic or regular salt — or else it’ll all settle to the bottom and the flavor won’t be quite right.

(Believe me, I’ve tried.)

The Best Ingredients for Everything Bagel Seasoning

Dried Garlic Flakes — Like I mentioned, not granulated garlic or garlic salt. I often find these in the bulk spice section in the grocery store.

I highly recommend using Maldon sea salt. I got some coarse sea salt and it was like biting into little rocks. I found this at a regular (nicer) grocery store, and realized later it was cheaper on Amazon. *facepalm*

Sea salt flakes aren’t like other kids of salt — they’re light and crispy and definitely not rock-like. And the flavor is so good. I’m kind of a salt-snob now after bouncing from Kosher salt, to fine sea salt to Himalayan pink salt. I can’t even use regular table salt anymore — except for homemade play dough.

Also, if you happen to have a kid who likes to eat salt, I would hide this very well. Just saying.

This recipe makes a scant 3 Tablespoons, but you can double or triple it to fill a small mason jar. You’ll probably want to because once you start sprinkling, it’ll find its way on just about everything you eat. It’s one of my all-time favorite seasoning blends.

I love it on hard-boiled eggs, avocados, over salads, and random bowls of leftovers I throw together for lunches. Oh! And it was FAB on the Sushi Bowls we had on Sunday!

And avocado toast. (Duh.) One of my 4-year-old’s favorite things to eat is a slice of fresh, buttered sourdough toast with smashed avocado and a generous sprinkling of this everything bagel seasoning. It’s one of mine, too, but I go easy on bread because it makes me feel blah.

If you’re a keto eater or eating gluten free or grain free, smearing a hard boiled egg with cream cheese and a sprinkle of this is heaven. Seriously.

DIY Everything Bagel Seasoning

Yield: A scant 3 Tablespoons

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Whip up this tasty and versatile seasoning -- whether you live by a Trader Joe's or not!

Ingredients

2 teaspoons white sesame seeds

1 1/2 teaspoons dried minced onion

1 1/2 teaspoons dried minced garlic

1 1/2 teaspoons black sesame seeds

1 teaspoon sea salt flakes (Maldon recommended)

1/2 teaspoon poppy seeds

Instructions

Combine everything thoroughly and store in an air-tight container at room temperature. Sprinkle on hard-boiled eggs, avocados, over salads, or anything else you wish!

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28 comments on “How to Make Everything Bagel Seasoning”

I’m a BIG fan of this garnish-mix. Seeing your blog, I launched right into buying the ingredients (good call on the Maldon salt) and converting your recipe to make a much LARGER portion. My conversion is below.

I had Litehouse-brand freeze-dried garlic, but for sprinkling, these garlic chunks were too large for our taste. I therefore ran the garlic, along with the dried minced onion and the salt flakes through a spice grinder and then through an ordinary sieve, so these three ingredients are quite fine. THEN I added the poppy & white & black sesame seeds, for visuals and crunch.

You can definitely find it online. Check Amazon? Costco sells dried minced onion in big containers. I’ve also seen both in bulk bins at various grocery stores that have a bulk spice section. I don’t know if it would be worth drying yourself, though. That might be a big pain.

I have to tell you since discovering Trader Joe’s EBS I’ve been in heaven and now to see this recipe – YAY! Thank you thank you thank you!! I especiallly love this on air popped pop corn. I spray a couple of hits of Pam cooking spray so the season will coat the kernels. Oh man – so good!

I’m in Canada so no Trader Joe’s near me. I was looking at buying this online, but then saw your recipe. What a savings!! Thank you for sharing. Going to be making this and putting it on my homemade soft pretzels.

I found that using tablespoons instead of teaspoons, but keeping the proportions exact, is the perfect amount to refill a Trader Joe’s container of Everything But the Bagel once it runs out. Of course, at a much lower cost and more fun to DIY!

I picked up the ingredients for this at my local health food store today and made the mix. I kept seeing the TJ mix referred to but I do not have a TJ near me. I am excited to try it on some bagels I am making tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!

Hi
thanks for the inspiration. I took the bones or your recipe and added Nigella seeds and caraway seeds but it didn’t taste right. With an Everything Bagel I always get it toasted. So I put the mixture on a small lipped cookie sheet ( I made a 2C batch) and toasted it ( watching carefully and stiring every few minutes) @ 350F. PERFECT

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